[1] In 1856, Adam Huether of Baden, Germany arrived in Waterloo, taking the business over and renaming it the Lion Brewery.

[3] In the 1880s, Huether's brother Christopher expanded the hotel with a new mansard roof and iron cresting, made in the same style as the new Waterloo Town Hall.

[3] The Kuntz Brewing Company owned the building until 1930, while the hotel portion had several different proprietors, changing its name in 1911 to Ewald House.

[5] The Huether no longer operates as a hotel but as the Lion Brewery Restaurant, Barley Works Pub and Grill, and Cafe 1842.

[6] Beginning in 1857, Waterloo used a ceremonial cannon to fire a 21 gun salute each 24 May to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday.